An emerging mineral producer significantly improved worker remuneration. Whitehaven Coal recently offered its employees a $20,000 pay rise at the Maules Creek coal mine in Boggabri, 127km northwest...
Tag - casualisation
Temporary employees who regularly turn up for shifts might receive greater certainty. Casual mine workers will have the option to transition to a permanent role after six months under new changes...
Many people working in the industry will have their remuneration boosted. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) reviewed the Black Coal Mining Industry Award, and decided covered employees should receive a...
Proposed changes could allow outsourcing companies to keep using long-term casual employees at oil, gas and mining operations. The so-called federal Industrial Relations Reforms – Supporting...
A resources services business will close its doors for good after losing long-term work at a coal operation in New South Wales’ Macarthur region. Southern Colliery Maintenance (SCM) will permanently...
Casual workers who were employed through a recruitment company could receive back payment for leave entitlements, an industry body revealed. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy...
A recruitment company failed to reverse a court ruling that outlaws using long-term casual workers at oil, gas and mining mining operations. The Federal Court rejected WorkPac Group’s appeal...
Resources workers must be offered extra paid time off if they are unable to perform duties due to a deadly disease, industry bodies have said. The Australian Workers Union (AWU) and Construction...
Regulatory authorities should prohibit industry managers from relying on high numbers of casual workers to keep operating mines, an industry group has urged. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime...
The exploitation of working people in the Bowen Basin and Queensland’s labour hire industry will be the focus of a Parliamentary hearing in Mackay today. The hearings of the Finance and...
